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Second Wave of COVID-19 and Lockdowns Ahead?
Ramanan Laxminarayan, economist, epidemiologist and founder and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has played out in India, which is on track to surpass the United States as the country with the most cases worldwide — plus in other places around world, including Israel, which recently instituted a second full lockdown.